Denso, one of the world's biggest auto component suppliers, said operating profit fell 25.5 percent to 152.4 billion yen ($1.35 billion) in the July-September period due partly to higher investments in new technologies.

The automaker also forecast a less than previously expected drop in annual operating profit and, while it lowered its global vehicle sales view given floods in Mexico are expected to drag on output, the number is still expected to be a record high.

On August 8 last year, recognising that stronger ecological measures are needed to lower CO2 emissions, drastically reduce greenhouse gases and safeguard the planet, Mazda announced a new long-term strategy - Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030.

Toyota said it would consolidate core electronics component operations of within Denso from late next year, adding that Denso would take over mass production of electronic parts used in its vehicles from 2022.

Electric cars bask in the limelight at India's flagship auto show, where an ambitious plan to phase out polluting clunkers has manufacturers racing to lure millions of new drivers to their green vehicles.

As per the suit filed, Royal Enfield has infringed Flash electronics’ patent on “Regulator Rectifier Device and Method for Regulating an Output Voltage of the Same” duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to Flash Electronics on February 20, 2018 after Flash’s R&D department made a breakthrough invention of the component in 2014.